Chapter 317 - Kingdom Of The Deads Deep Sea (II) (1/2)
The merfolk zombies are not that numerous, allowing us to push through and eliminate every single one of them. It's quite chaotic at times especially if they come in groups and in hordes though it's not really a problem with Atlas dealing most of the damage most of the time and since he is not affected by whatever the undead are trying to transmit, he was able to tank every bite with his armor, allowing us to go for the kill.
”Do you think there are deeper in the city, Master?” Lina asked.
”Why do you ask?”
”Because the more we dwell deeper, the amount of the zombies attacking are getting more numerous and dangerous now.”
”We can't be too sure but that isn't too farfetched as the necromancer can bring back the dead as much as he can do as long as he has a corpse to use or the mana to use. By now, the necromancer already knows we are coming. Might be the main reason for the influx of the zombies attacking us right now.”
”Are necromancers that nasty in combat?” Li asked.
”Not really. The only reason they are being dreaded too much is that they can summon undead servants as much as they can as long as they have the catalysts. Or if they have the rare ability to conjure the dead using their mana, they are much dangerous. They can bring down an empire in just one day if they are not defeated immediately.”
”Isn't that pretty dangerous? How are you guys surviving them?”
”Easy, kill the necromancer as soon as we can. Most of the time, the necromancers rely too much on their summoned corpses to do their bidding so usually, they are too weak by themselves. Once they are robbed by that ability to control the dead and summon them to do their bidding, they are just normal people who can't fight.”
”But Master, we have experienced much more dreadful necromancers before like that last necromancer we defeated,” Lina revealed.
”What do you mean?” Li suddenly got curious.
”Maybe it's best if you don't know? After all, ignorance is bliss,” Lucia stopped Li from getting curious.
”But knowledge is power! Why are you stopping me from knowing it?”
”Be quiet everyone...” Atlas interrupted the bickering as he crouches behind a wall and peeks in the corner.
”What did you see, Atlas?” I asked as I also peek at what he was checking.
Not too far in our direction are the swimming undead merfolk alongside two undead forms of sharks.
”Holy f*cking sh*t... Even the sharks are not able to escape the necromancy power?!”
”That is why I made you all quiet. If those sharks get attracted to our location, we are all going to have a hard time dealing with it. Master, do you have any plans? If there isn't any, I will charge forward and deal with the sharks while you all deal with the final strike.”
”No, don't do that. It's too risky and I doubt you can last long with the two of them attacking along with the other undead. I have a better idea.
I activated the Blueprint that Saboteurs uses to complete the [Blueprint Materialization] skill and started drawing a plan. It's not as meticulous as the usual plans I make in some cases but this plan's strength is that it is very effective against the sharks. However, the biggest con it has is that it doesn't have much big of an impact against multiple enemies. It can at best, be used twice, but that didn't matter. 2 enemies to kill using this is enough since the sharks are also two just with the bonus of the small undead.
Once the blueprint is done, I toss it not too far to the sharks, allowing them to notice it. It took a quick second before it materialized. The sharks immediately moved to the attack the moment they noticed the blueprint.
GWARRRR!
”[Blueprint Materialization]!”
The blueprint float in the air and immediately projected what I made before creating it as a reality. What I made currently is two blades of the guillotine, hanging in the air with two ropes being held by my hands. The sharks made their move and started swimming. The moment I noticed they are moving, I let the rope go, allowing the two blades of the guillotine to fall over the sharks.
THUD! THUD!
Dull thuds can be heard in the distance and the two sharks stopped swimming towards and just slowly falls over to the ground. What is interesting is that their heads fall down first before the body, which means the guillotine blueprint was a success, slicing the two of them into two pieces, mainly near its neck area.